The mason bees are working. We had seven tubes of them and so far eight new tubes have been filled. We will be having more filled, all for next year. Next year, however, we will wait until May before getting them out of the refrigerator as more flowers are blooming now than in March and April

After several months knowing that I would be taking a trip to Nice in the south of France, the time has finally arrived. Today, I bid adieu to Fort Bragg and embark on a voyage to "the continent" via Swiss Air. I've never flown on the airline before, but I imagine it will be organized

Seriously – you’re not going to believe this, but I missed the Hot Raw Chef voting – again. It seems impossible. I mean, I really, truly and in all honesty thought I had until the 12th, but it turns out I only had until the 9th which many of you probably knew because you read

We would like to extend our thanks to each and every contestant who entered the Hot Raw Chef Sweet Valentine Video Recipe Contest. We had 44 entries, and over 5,000 voters. It's very exciting to us to provide a forum for a group of new chefs who delight us with their talents and recipes. Stay

Speaking of Goddesses, Persephone and the legend of the Pomegranate has long been a favorite of mine. It even got me a job once, when I had to repeat the legend for a prospective employer. On a personal level, it seems that nearly every winter I have to go my "Persephone place," or the dark

Not only is today the first day of the rest of your life and quite possibly the best day ever, it’s also my daughter’s saints day – the feast of Saint Bridgid of Ireland. No coincidence it’s also Imbolc – St. Bridgid was a goddess before she converted to catholicsm. And if that’s not enough,

When you have a January birthday, as I do, you truly revel in the winter sunshine. Since my birthday was on the weekend this year, I decided to take an impromptu road trip through the Anderson Valley and up to Calistoga, a pretty little town with natural hot springs. Sometimes its good to just take

I received an email from my sister about a program helping women who have cancer clean their homes for four months while they undergo treatment. The website is http://www.cleaningforareason.org/. I am continually delighted and amazed how people are helping people. A former renter dropped by yesterday to see Archie and me. Tami and her dog,

This weekend I harvested the last of the carrots. What we don’t eat this coming week I shredded and froze to use as filler in soups or in making carrot bread. There is Swiss chard left in the garden I will also harvest. I wonder if they will make good chips like kale does. I

So – my daughter and I are well into our second week of eating 100% raw. And – goodness gracious – am I ever proud of her! She’s thirteen and has been pretty much subsisting on the Standard American Teenaged Diet – whatever we feed her plus lots of chips, gallons of soda and chocolate,